3 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3b46ea085..397a3218e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-10-23  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+
+	* NEWS: Add a line for 6.5-cvs.
+	* configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump to 6.5 and add "-cvs" suffix.
+
 2006-10-22  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
 	Version 6.4.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f27d26a9d..41a418acb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Major changes in release 6.5-cvs (2006-??-??)
+
+
 * Major changes in release 6.4 (2006-10-22) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e9541c9f4..8a3499734 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 dnl Written by Jim Meyering.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT([GNU coreutils],[6.4],[bug-coreutils@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([GNU coreutils],[6.5-cvs],[bug-coreutils@gnu.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/ls.c)
 
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(build-aux)